Get the Author Name in Joomla 2.5

Question

How do I get the authors name of the current article in Joomla 2.5?

I tried using this code but its giving me number;

$id = JRequest::getInt('id');
$article =& JTable::getInstance('content');
$article->load($id);
$article_author = $article->created_by;
echo $article_author;

Answer 1

You can try like this

//this method of getting requested variable is deprecated 
$id = JRequest::getInt('id');

//use JFactory::getApplication()->input instead of JRequest::getInt()

$id = JFactory::getApplication()->input->getInt('id')
$article = JTable::getInstance('content');
$article->load($id);

//get user id which create the article
$created_user_id = $article->created_by;

//fetch user
$user = JFactory::getUser($created_user_id);
$article_author = $user->name;
echo $article_author;

Hope this will help you.